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This edition was generated on Tue Sep 23 08:45:01 EDT 2008

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Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
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General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Gunman opens fire at school in Finland, 9 dead
AP - 29 minutes ago

HELSINKI, Finland - A gunman opened fire at a vocational school for adults in western Finland on Tuesday before shooting himself, police said. Finnish media reported nine people were killed and the gunman was wounded.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves at the airport after a campaign event in Green Bay, Wis., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    Palin defends McCain over comment AP - Wed Sep 17, 6:58 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Wednesday that Democrats were out of bounds for criticizing John McCain when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

  • T-Mobile set to launch first Google-powered phone AP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Google Inc.'s announcement last year that it would give away software that could run cell phones was met by dizzy accolades from analysts who thought it would let the search engine company conquer the world of mobile advertising.

  • In this Saturday, May 4,1957 file photo, actor Robert Wagner is photographed in Tokyo while filming 'Stopover Tokyo.' Wagner's marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret- until now.  (AP Photo)
    Robert Wagner reveals love affair with Stanwyck AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Robert Wagner's marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret — until now. In his new memoir "Pieces of My Heart," Wagner writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as "Stella Dallas" and "Double Indemnity."

  • These undated images provided by the Treasury Department show the reverse sides for the 2009 Bicentennial Lincoln penny. In 2009, the U.S. Mint will put into circulation a series of four different one-cent coins in recognition of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent. The obverse, heads side, will remain the same. (AP Photo/Treasury Department)
    Design changes unveiled for Lincoln penny AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Next year, the penny will be getting not just one new look but four of them, the first changes to the 1-cent coin in 50 years. The U.S. Mint unveiled the new designs during a ceremony Monday at the Lincoln Memorial. The coin changes are part of the government's commemoration next year of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.

  • San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson splits the New York Jets defense for a 2-yard touchdown run during the third quarter of an NFL football game Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in San Diego. The Chargers won 48-29.  (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
    LT finally finds end zone as Bolts beat Jets 48-29 AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    SAN DIEGO - Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers simply left no doubt. Frustrated by two gut-wrenching losses, the Chargers raced past nemesis Brett Favre and the New York Jets for a 48-29 victory Monday night in a wild game befitting two original AFL teams.

  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the 2008 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference in Washington September 9, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
    Bernanke says global markets under "extraordinary stress" Reuters - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the U.S. Congress Tuesday that financial markets are under severe stress and urged immediate action to buy up hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tainted mortgage assets.

  • A Wall St. sign is seen in New York's financial district September 16, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
    Lehman Europe deal eyed as Paulson pushes bailout Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - A sale of Lehman Brothers' European arm loomed as the next step in Wall Street's transformation on Tuesday as the main architect of a $700 billion U.S. financial sector rescue plan warned lawmakers not to slow its progress.

  • A worker feeds milk cows at a dairy farm in Wuhan, Hubei province September 23, 2008. (China Daily/Reuters)
    China vows export crackdown amid milk crisis Reuters - 46 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed to stop toxic milk from reaching processors and export markets after tainted infant powder made more than 54,000 children sick in a scandal that has mired the nation's trade reputation in fresh crisis.

  • A video grab from TV footage shows emergency vehicles parked in a street near a vocational school where a male student shot dead several people in Kauhajoki, September 23, 2008. (TV4 via Reuters TV/Reuters)
    Student kills several in Finnish school, himself Reuters - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - A male student shot dead several people at a vocational school in western Finland on Tuesday before killing himself, local authorities said.

  • Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain is joined by Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Palin's daughter Piper during a rally in Media, Pennsylvania September 22, 2008. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
    Obama, McCain battle over U.S. financial crisis Reuters - Tue Sep 23, 5:20 AM ET

    GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Barack Obama proposed reforms on Monday to rein in practices that led to the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Depression, while White House rival John McCain touted his own remedies and accused Obama of failing to provide leadership.

  • Georgia says downed Russian drone; Moscow denies Reuters - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

    TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said Tuesday it had shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone just south of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, but Russia denied the claim and accused Tbilisi of "provocation."

  • North Korean soldiers look south at the truce village of Panmunjom, separating the two Koreas, September 17, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)
    China urges "flexibility" on N.Korea nuclear moves Reuters - Tue Sep 23, 4:44 AM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged "flexibility" in the North Korean nuclear dispute Tuesday, avoiding harsh words a day after Pyongyang made fresh moves toward possibly restarting a nuclear complex at the heart of the dispute.

  • Supporters of Japan's former Foreign Minister Taro Aso standing next to a picture of him hold placards outside Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters during a meeting to choose the new party president in Tokyo, September 22, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)
    China avoids direct comment on new Japan leader Aso Reuters - Tue Sep 23, 5:01 AM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China avoided commenting directly on the election of hawkish Taro Aso as Japan's new leader, with a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman saying on Tuesday only that good ties were in the interests of both countries.

  • Map locating Kauhajoki where a gunman went on the rampage in one of the town's schools. Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen says a gunman went on a shooting rampage and killed nine people at a trade school in Kauhajoki.(AFP Graphic)
    Nine killed in Finnish school shooting AFP - 11 minutes ago

    HELSINKI (AFP) - Nine people were killed when a gunman went on a shooting rampage in a Finnish trade school Tuesday, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said at a press conference.

  • South Africa's deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, seen here in 2005, is among a group of eleven ministers who have resigned after President Thabo Mbeki bowed to ANC party pressure to step down.(South African Government/Ho)
    South African ministers resign: presidency AFP - 58 minutes ago

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Eleven South African government ministers have resigned following President Thabo Mbeki's decision to step down under pressure, the presidency said Tuesday.

  • View of the Georgian terminal of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Gardabani.(AFP/File/null)
    Georgia claims downing of Russian drone AFP - 15 minutes ago

    TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia on Tuesday claimed to have shot down a Russian drone near the South Ossetia rebel region and a key east-west pipeline, as President Mikheil Saakashvili was to address the United Nations.

  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 22. Global markets sent a warning that the clock is ticking for a 700-billion-dollar US rescue plan, with stocks again dropping amid political crossfire in Washington over the Wall Street bailout.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)
    Markets ring the alarm as rescue plan faces Congress AFP - 40 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Global markets sent a warning Tuesday that the clock is ticking for a 700-billion-dollar US rescue plan, with stocks again dropping amid political crossfire in Washington over the Wall Street bailout.

  • A mother leaves a children's hospital with her child in Beijing as China's toxic milk scandal escalated after officials admitted nearly 53,000 children had been sickened by contaminated products.(AFP/Peter Parks)
    China dairy firm knew of toxic milk for months: state media AFP - Tue Sep 23, 2:41 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - The Chinese company whose tainted baby milk triggered a food safety scare that has drawn in 53,000 sick children failed to report complaints about the product for months, state media said Tuesday.

  • A Cambodian child receives serum against dengue fever. Nearly two billion people in the Asia-Pacific region will be at risk from dengue fever unless governments do more to fight the debilitating disease, the World Health Organisation said(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
    WHO says nearly 2 billion at risk from dengue in Asia AFP - Tue Sep 23, 12:06 AM ET

    MANILA (AFP) - Nearly two billion people in the Asia-Pacific region will be at risk from dengue fever unless governments do more to fight the debilitating disease, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

  • US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama delivers a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obama warned the Wall Street meltdown was no mere "accident of history" but proved the need for sweeping change to purge the waste and abuse staining US politics.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Washington, not just Wall Street, bankrupt: Obama AFP - Tue Sep 23, 1:11 AM ET

    GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama warned the Wall Street meltdown was no mere "accident of history" but proved the need for sweeping change to purge the waste and abuse staining US politics.

Most Popular Top Stories

  • 63% - Government Guaranteed Health Care Pew - Tue Sep 23, 12:00 AM ET

    Nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) favor a government guarantee of universal health insurance, even if it means raising taxes; 34% are opposed.

  • A view of Stonehenge at sunrise. Two bluestone fragments found at Britain's prehistoric Stonehenge monument could prove that the mysterious stone circle was once a centre of healing, archaeologists said Monday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)
    Britain's Stonehenge was ancient healing site: experts AFP - Mon Sep 22, 3:45 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Two bluestone fragments found at Britain's prehistoric Stonehenge monument could prove that the mysterious stone circle was once a centre of healing, archaeologists said Monday.

  • The most detailed look ever at Saturn's rings, obtained by the Cassini spacecraft, is shown in this handout image released by NASA May 24, 2005. (NASA/JPL/Reuters)
    Saturn's rings may be older than thought Reuters - Mon Sep 22, 9:54 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Saturn's rings may be more massive and older than previously thought, researchers said on Tuesday.

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

LT finally finds end zone as Bolts beat Jets 48-29

AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

SAN DIEGO - Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers simply left no doubt. Frustrated by two gut-wrenching losses, the Chargers raced past nemesis Brett Favre and the New York Jets for a 48-29 victory Monday night in a wild game befitting two original AFL teams.

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Bernanke & Paulson: Congress must move now

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (C) speaks next to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) after their meeting with other congressional leaders in the U.S. Capitol in Washington September 18, 2008. (Mitch Dumke/Reuters)
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Reuters
AP - 3 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged Congress on Tuesday to quickly pass a $700 billion financial bailout, warning that letting problems persist would have dire consequences for the national economy.

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Lateshow Top Ten List

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 23, 2008
I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
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George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
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Judge Gideon J. Tucker
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"

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